It’s a bit of a theme for me lately. I’ve been thinking a lot about how, maybe, it’s time for us yoga teachers to start posting pictures of ourselves in easy poses for our marketing, to teach said easy poses and give people the space in them to do the hard spiritual work.

Love that comic, I am SO reposting it, if that’s OK

i pulled out Netter, plates 407-409.

i have been exploring radial rotation for a few years now. the way my bony body is, is that when i turn my palm down, i have to give up some outer rotation of the upper arm (gleno-humeral). if I keep enough outer rotation in the upper arm to satisfy the “correct” DFD shoulder, then my palm/lower arms simply cannot pronate enough. so it’s a give and take, strong dual action, which has been awesome to work with once i figured it out.

have you done shoulder (humerous/scapula with clavicle, too) exploration while in handstand. for me, i’m pretty sure because of the amount of flexion my arm is able to do — before the scapula gets involved and maxes out on the back ribs and then if i want to get my arms “straight” the rib cage gets involved, thus creating pushing the ribs forward and consequent low back arch — is the reason why hand stand is so challenging for me and i’ll always be at the wall. which is fine. i love walls!

without being in a room with you and having some fun together, i imagine it could be quite likely that your radioulnar structure is a valid reason why arm balances are a challenge.

you must know Paul Grilley and his bones? http://bit.ly/aDjLCD sadly, he doesn’t have humerus, radius or ulna bones.

thank you!
peace
wendy